TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 4, 2021 In line with the National Steel Policy, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) plans to increase its annual Hot Metal production capacity from the current level of 4.5 Million Tonnes per Annum (MTPA) to 4.855 MTPA. Simultaneously, Crude Steel Production of RSP, a unit of Maharatna company SAIL, will go up from 4.2 MTPA to 4.85 ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 3, 2021 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited is working towards inclusion of underprivileged sections of the society in social security schemes by the Government of India, under NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Program. With the objective of sensitizing communities living in remote areas on schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 3, 2021 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of the state-run SAIL, posted outstanding performance in key areas in the month of August, 2021. The Steel Plant produced 3,80,109 tonnes of hot metal, 3,55,433 tonnes of crude steel and 3,18,151 tonnes of saleable steel to clock its Best August performance since inception. Besides, RSP also produced 1,67,164 tonnes ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 3, 2021 IndianOil launched two new premium lubricants – SERVO Greenmile and SERVO Raftaar, specifically designed for BS-VI vehicles to help reduce emissions and improve engine performance. These novel and eco-friendly lubricants will help reduce carbon footprint and meet the stringent specifications for the most advanced petrol and diesel vehicles. SERVO Greenmile meets SAE 5W-30 and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 2, 2021 Expanding its digital transformation capabilities across a range of digital technologies to drive delivery excellence and customer experiences for global enterprise clients, leading global information technology and consulting services company Tetrasoft on Thursday opened a state-of-the-art Technology Innovation Hub (TIL) in Bhubaneswar. Expected to hire over 100 highly-skilled digital experts initially, the hub will ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 01, 2021 Aditya Birla Group company Aditya Aluminium is actively engaged with the people of Rengali Block in Sambalpur district, and working closely with the Odisha Government to create awareness on the importance of nutritious diet. Aditya Aluminium is among the pledge partners of the Government’s ‘Suposhan’ project.  The objective is to generate awareness among the ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, SEPT 1, 2021 Coal India Limited (CIL) Chairman Pramod Agrawal on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of Rs 285.05 crore first mile connectivity (FMC) project — Lajkura SILO, which would add 15 million tonnes per annum dispatch capacity to the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL). Agrawal, who is on a two-day visit to Ib Valley coalfields of MCL, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 31, 2021            State-run power giant NTPC on Tuesday said the second unit of Darlipali Super Thermal Power Station in Sundargarh district of Odisha will start commercial operation from September 1. “The second unit of the power plant with 800MW capacity that completed its trial operation on July 21 will start commercial generation from September 1, ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, AUG 31, 2021 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, today recorded the highest ever coal dispatch by rail-mode, with 102 rakes chugging from Ib Valley and Talcher Coalfields  to various power stations in a single day. MCL Chairman-cum-Managing Director PK Sinha has complimented the teams involved in achieving the record dispatch through environment-friendly ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 30, 2021 Eminent theatre personality Anant Mahapatra and Odissi exponent Kumkum Mohanty have been awarded the prestigious Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja Samman, the highest award of the Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi, for the year 2019 and 2020 respectively for their lifetime contribution to the art forms, at a function held at Rabindra Mandap here today. Odisha ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, AUG 30, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL), celebrated National Sports Day-2021 at various youth clubs in the local areas on Sunday. To mark the occasion, the Foundation organised different sensitisation sessions for the youths and provided Indoor gym equipment to three youth clubs, namely Kalinga Club of Jarada, Baba ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 30, 2021 Continuing its dominance in Odisha as the most preferred digital service provider, Reliance Jio further extended its leadership position with 52.3 per cent gross revenue market share in the sector, as per the latest financial report published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for the April-June quarter (Q1FY22) of the current fiscal. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 29, 2021 On the occasion of National Sports Day on Sunday, Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL) lauded Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as well as the Odisha Government for the judicious decision to further extend the official sponsorship of both the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams for 10 more years till 2033.  Odisha, as the prime sponsor, ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, AUG 26, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium has dedicated 16 community ponds and 14 bore wells in Katikela, Dalki, Parmanpur and Badmal Gram Panchayats of Jharsuguda region, to ensure post-monsoon water availability for households, agriculture, and livestock. The company worked with local communities to carry out deep cleaning of the ponds for ground water recharge and rainwater harvesting, and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 25, 2021 As part of its CSR initiative, Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added aluminium products, has introduced solar lighting and fuel-efficient cooking stoves to 25 villages of Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. This project has a two-fold objective – reduce emissions arising out of using traditional fuels and methods, and ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, AUG 25, 2021 The Sundargarh District administration on Wednesday held a public hearing on land acquisition in Raiberna, Keshramal and Jhagarpur Gram Panchayats under Rajgangpur Block for expansion of the Lanjiberna Limestone mines of OCL India Limited.  Sundargarh Collector had issued notification to hold public hearings for acquisition of of 57.80 acres of land in Raiberna, 293.25 acres in Keshramal ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 23, 2021 Cementing its leadership position even further as the most preferred and No. 1 digital service provider in the state, Reliance Jio has added 2.53 lakh new mobile subscribers in Odisha in the month of June 2021, as per the latest telecom subscriber data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). With this, ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, AUG 23, 2021 The Sundargarh District administration on Monday held public hearings at Kukuda Gram Panchayat and Alanda Gram Panchayat for land acquisition for expansion of the Lanjiberna Limestone mines of OCL India Limited.  Sundargarh Collector had issued notification to hold public hearings for acquisition of 164.82 acres of land in Alanda Gram Panchayat and 162.96 acres ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 22, 2021 Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) Chairman Naveen Jindal oN Saturday called on Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra, and updated him about JSPL’s plan to expand its Angul steel plant’s capacity from 6 MTPA to 25.2 MTPA by 2030 which will be the largest plant in the world in a single location as ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, AUG 21, 2021 The Angul unit of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL) has emerged as the highest GST payer of Odisha in the private sector category. Taking into consideration of the GST paid by the companies since 2018 to 2021, the GST and Central Excise Commissionerate, Rourkela has felicitated Jindal Steel & Power Ltd, Angul for ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, AUG 20, 2021 As part of its sustainable livelihood project ‘Jeevika Samriddhi’, the Jharsuguda Unit of Vedanta Aluminium distributed agricultural resources like seeds of various cash crops and vermicompost units to local farmers in Jharsuguda, helping them restart their livelihood post COVID-19 second wave. Vedanta also organized a training and consultation visit by Surendra Delki, Assistant Horticulture ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 18, 2021 Notwithstanding the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the mining sector in Odisha maintained the pace of work following initiatives taken by the state government, said Minister for Steel and Mines Prafulla Kumar Mallik today. Addressing the ‘National Metal and Mining e-Summit 2021’ organized by the Steel and Mines Department of the Odisha Government ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 18, 2021  Indian Bank launched its flagship program ‘MSME Prerana’ in Odisha on Tuesday. ‘MSME Prerana’ is a novel, unique and innovative business mentoring program, first of its kind to empower MSME entrepreneurs. Developed in collaboration with Knowledge Partner, Poornatha & Co, ‘MSME Prerana’ is Indian Bank’s unique initiative to empower MSME entrepreneurs by improving their ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH/JHARSUGUDA, AUG 16, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, on Sunday joined the Nation in celebrating the 75th Independence Day of the country with patriotic fervor with employees, stakeholders and community members at its operations in Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda in Odisha. The highlights of the event included a spectacular march past by the ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL/ANGUL/BHUBANESWAR, AUG 16, 2021 Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL)’s Barbil pellet plant joined the nation in celebrating the 75th Independence Day with great pomp and pageantry at Barbil on Sunday. Plant Head and Executive Vice President Brij Badhadra unfurled the national flag. Maintaining COVID appropriate protocols, the event was observed in the presence of all heads of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 15, 2021 State-run National Aluminium Company Ltd.( NALCO), joined the nation in celebrating the 75th Independence Day – Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav today. NALCO Chairman-cum-Managing Director Sridhar Patra hoisted the national flag in a glittering function held  at NALCO’s headquarters in Bhubaneswar and addressed the employees. Similar celebrations marked by patriotism were also held in production units and other offices ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 15, 2021 On the occasion of the 75th Independence day, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced to provide smart health cards to 3.5 crore people in the state under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY). He said the initiative will transform the health service delivery system and create a new history in the field of healthcare across ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, AUG 14, 2021 The Sintering Plant–I of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) surpassed the historical production milestone of 50 million ton on August 11, thereby joining the group of  outstanding performing departments of RSP. Sintering Plant-I of RSP was designed and commissioned on February 28, 1965 by Messrs Kopper from Germany based on the design of fifties ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, AUG 11, 2021 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has registered the best ever monthly specific energy consumption of 5.91 Giga calories per tonne of crude steel (Gcal/TCS) in July, 2021. The remarkable achievement in the key techno-economic front compliments the record production performances by major units of the Steel Plant. Notably, the previous best monthly specific energy consumption ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, AUG 11, 2021 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited observed the World Breastfeeding Week to sensitize pregnant women and lactating mothers on the importance of breastfeeding for children’s nutrition and overall development. A series of programs were conducted across seven gram panchayats around Vedanta’s Alumina Refinery in Lanjigarh, with nearly 250 women attending the awareness sessions. Medical ...

TBB BUREAU TIKIRI/BHUBANESWAR, AUG 11, 2021 Adding one more feather to its cap, Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited, has bagged the IGMC (Indian Green Manufacturing Challenge) Award for its outstanding contribution to green manufacturing and in line with the efforts of leading Indian economy towards a sustainable one. In the special virtual telecast of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 11, 2021 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated the hockey players from the State who were part of the Indian Men’s and Women’s Hockey Teams in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, at a function in Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas were part of the Indian Hockey ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 11, 2021 Odisha FC on Wednesday announced the signing of Spanish centre-back Hector Rodas ahead of the eighth season of the Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL). The 33-year-old from Valencia started his youth career with Levante before making his senior debut for their reserve team and eventually played for the first team in 2009. He ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 10, 2021 Union Minister for Mines, Coal and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday urged state-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) to promote handloom by providing hand woven fabrics worth Rs 7,500 to each employee to commemorate the 75th year of the country’s Independence. The minister was speaking with team NALCO virtually and congratulated the Navaratna ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 10, 2021 The oil marketing companies (OMCs) in Odisha observed World Biofuel Day in virtual mode today. IndianOil Chief General Manager and State Head Subhajit Ghosh, who is also the State Level Coordinator (Oil Marketing Companies) Odisha, presided over the meeting. In his keynote address, he emphasized on the benefits of green fuels. Speaking about the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 9, 2021          Vidya Krishnan has taken over as the Chief General Manager (CGM) of the Bhubaneswar Circle of State Bank of India on Monday. Vidya Krishnan She has replaced Ruma Dey as the CGM who has been transferred to the Kolkata Circle of the SBI.          Before assuming her new charge, Krishnan was Chief General ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 9, 2021 After an impressive performance at the recently held Junior Federation Cup at Sangrur in Punjab earlier this month, 110m hurdler Graceson Jeeva, who trains at the Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics High Performance Centre (HPC) in Bhubaneswar, is in contention for a spot in the Indian team for the World Athletics U-20 championships in Kenya ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, AUG 07, 2021 India’s home-grown e-commerce marketplace Flipkart, and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur on Saturday announced a partnership to support and promote small businesses, artisans and weavers by leveraging technology, e-commerce platform and market insights. An MoU to cement this partnership will be signed in the next few weeks. Through this partnership, announced on National ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 6, 2021 National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) on Friday reported a significant rise in consolidated profit at Rs 347.73 crore for the quarter ended on June 30, 2021. The company had reported a consolidated profit of Rs 16.63 crore in the year-ago period. Beating market expectations, amidst a challenging business environment, the company has demonstrated robust ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 5, 2021 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) has so far vaccinated as many as 40,000 people comprising the company’s workforce, their family members and business associates with the first dose of Covid vaccine. AM/NS India privately procured Covishield vaccine from the Serum Institute of India administered the jabs to eligible candidates at its vaccination centres, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 5, 2021 As a part of its philanthropic initiatives, the Inner Wheel Club (IWC) of Bhubaneswar Metro has taken up several measures in the Capital City of Odisha. During her official visit to the City today, IWD 326 District Chairman Manisha Shrivastava distributed Lenovo and Samsung Tablets to the underprivileged students of Mahima Gyana Mandira at ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, AUG 5, 2021             Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of Maharatna Steel Company SAIL, registered its best ever monthly crude steel production in July, 2021. RSP produced 3,63,095 tonnes of crude steel in the said month, thereby improving its earlier best record of 3,62,319 tonnes achieved in December, 2020. Moreover, crude steel production also went up ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 5, 2021 Odisha FC has reached an agreement with Kickstart FC over a loan deal of young Indian midfielder Nikhil Raj who will now play for the Bhubaneswar-based side during the upcoming eighth edition of the Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL). The 20-year-old has been a part of the Karnataka team in two editions of ...

TBB BUREAU TIKIRI/BHUBANESWAR, AUG 5, 2021 The transition of subsistence farming to commercial cultivation for small and marginal farmers in and around Tikiri in Rayagada District, has now become a reality, with Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) driving the change from the front through its initiative “Project Sugandha”. The journey by the subsidiary of Hindalco Industries of the Aditya Birla ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 4, 2021              Showcasing resilience and ingenuity amid the ongoing pandemic, Modicare Limited, one of India’s leading direct selling companies, has witnessed a growth of 52 percent in sales in Odisha over the last one year. The company has clocked in revenue to the tune of over Rs 160 crore during the previous year in Odisha ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 03, 2021 Odisha FC is delighted to announce the new partnership with Danish sportswear brand hummel ahead of eighth season of the Hero Indian Super League. The Danish brand has a proud sports history and is one of the most recognised team sports brands in the world, with roots in football & handball, has previously been ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, AUG 02, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), recently organised a workshop for local farmers on adoption of sustainable, scientific and organic farming. The event was attended by more than 60 farmers of Deojhar and Kandra gram panchayats under Joda Block of Keonjhar district. During the day-long session, the attendees ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 02, 2021 Odisha has registered 54 per cent growth in Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in July as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. Odisha collected GST worth Rs 3,615 crore in July this year as against Rs 2,348 crore collected in the corresponding month in the previous year. The state collected ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 02, 2021  Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), South Asia’s largest hospitality company, has announced the opening of a Vivanta hotel in Bhubaneswar. The stylishly designed hotel reflects the pulse and culture of Odisha, the land of temples and historical wonders. The hotel also boasts of a contemporary design that pays tribute to the city’s vibrant spirit. Located in a developing ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 31, 2021 A high-level Australian delegation led by Australia’s High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell visited Navratna CPSE NALCO’s Corporate Office here today and discussed long-term business initiatives. During the visit, the delegation interacted with NALCO Chairman & Managing Director Sridhar Patra and members of NALCO’s management team. NALCO, the leading manufacturer and exporter of Alumina ...